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Lao Wang, who lives in Shenyang, is a senior archaeologist. He likes to collect small things on weekdays. Every day after breakfast, he goes to the major antique markets. There are seven famous antique markets in Shenyang, namely Railway West Antique City, Shenyang North Market Flower and Fish Antique City, Wanliutang Flower and Bird Antique Collection, Luyuan Antique City, Zhenbao Antique City, Shenyang Antique City and Shengjing Antique City. It is no exaggeration to say that Lao Wang is a frequent visitor to the above seven antique cities, and even every stall owner in each antique city can call his name.
After breakfast that day, Lao Wang went to Luyuan Antique City as usual, ready to find some antiques he liked. But after choosing, he didn't see anything decent and felt a little lost. But just as Lao Wang was about to go home, the objects on a booth at the entrance of the antique city suddenly attracted his attention.
There is a palm-sized bronze medal on this booth. There is a tiger's head on the bronze medal, and it is covered with green copper rust. However, Lao Wang is experienced and can tell at a glance that it is an antique. He looked at it repeatedly for a while with a bronze medal of tiger head in his hand. He found three special runes on the bronze medal. Although Lao Wang doesn't know it, according to his own experience, these runes are probably the Khitan language of Liao country. Lao Wang loved this treasure very much, so after some bargaining, he happily paid for the bronze medal.
Old Aric happily took home the bronze medal of Tiger Head and made a simple measurement and research on his own bronze medal. It is found that the cultural relic is 98 mm long, 35 to 50 mm wide and weighs about 130 g. The upper part of the bronze medal is half-embossed with a tiger head, which is quite imposing. The back of the bronze medal is bright and plain, and the front is covered with three strange Khitan characters. Then, Lao Wang began to search for information and tried to translate the Khitan language on the bronze medal of Tiger Head. However, after all, he is an amateur with limited archaeological knowledge and a lot of information, but he still hasn't found the answer he wants. Lao Wang is certainly not reconciled. He has another way, and that is to ask his industry friend Professor Li for help. Professor Li is a professor in the Department of Archaeology of Liaoning University. He knows the history of Liao Dynasty very well, and has also written works in Qidan language.
When Lao Wang handed the bronze tiger head to Professor Li, he was somewhat surprised. He studied the bronze tiger head for a long time, but suddenly he couldn't determine the text on the card. Faced with this bronze medal of Qihoo, Professor Li suddenly became interested and suggested sending the cultural relics to Liaoning History Museum for professional research. Hearing this, Lao Wang readily agreed.
In the Cultural Relics Research Office of Liaoning History Museum, many Liao experts made textual research on the bronze medal of Tiger Head, and finally everyone reached an agreement that the rune on the bronze medal of Tiger Head was "Tianyunjun". According to archaeological experts, the bronze medal of the tiger head of Tianyunjun is a letter card for the messenger of Tianyunjun to contact the court, which is specially used for the court to mobilize Tianyunjun.
At this time, a problem followed. What is "Tian Yunjun"? Experts explained this, saying that Tian Yunjun is an important army in Liao country, responsible for guarding the northern border area of Liao country, mainly for preventing Mongolian army and Jurchen army. This army has a strong fighting capacity, which is divided into Ma Army, Bu Army and Gong Army, and it is an important force in suppressing rebellion in Liao country. In Biography of Liao History, it is recorded that "Yao Di was the commander in chief and thanked Buddha, and he was appointed as an army in detail", indicating that the army was directly under Qiu's jurisdiction and the organization scale was obvious.
The appearance of the bronze medal of Tiger's head shows that the ruling class in Liao country attached great importance to Tianyunjun. As an army directly led by Qiu, Tianyun Army shoulders the mission and responsibility of maintaining the frontier. When the generals of Tianyunjun are dispatched by the imperial court, they must see the military symbol of the tiger bronze medal with their own eyes before they can carry out corresponding military actions. Otherwise, even if the emperor came forward personally, it would be difficult to mobilize Tian Yunjun alone without a bronze medal.
The appearance of the bronze medal of Tiger's head not only shows the regulation of the Khitan army by the Liao State at that time, but also shows a huge and special Liao army for future generations, which provides an important reference for the future study of Liao history, Jin history and Song history. It is indeed of great significance, and it is not too much to say that it is a rare and scarce product in the field of cultural relics.